Power in darkness

Well, I had planned to spend a good chunk of my weekend at the House of Targ. Unfortunately just about everyone on the Ottawa music scene made the same plans, and implemented them before I did. When I cruised past the House of Targ at 10 p.m. Thursday night, the line was a good block long. No PUP for me! I also held off on Friday, instead going over to Cafe DeKcuf to check out New York's Blackout and Loviatar (the show started earlier than I expected, so I missed out on Spilt Guts).

The Brooklyn trio deal in a sludgy doom not unlike EyeHateGod. Here's bassist Justin Sherrell (also of heavy psyche combo Bezoar, where he plays drums).



Christian Gordy frets!



Taryn Waldman hits!



The whole heavy lot!



Christian sings!



Hair-flipping action!



Extra Justin!



A shouty bit!



On to Loviatar, who, like Blackout, had some new material to show off. Here's Justin, pushing things into the red with a bit of feedback.



Grimacing action!



Stringed action with Mike Bond and Shane Whitbread!



More Mike!



Finnish action!



J.P. hits!



The whole lot!



They'll be in action again on Mother's Day (a.k.a. May 11) when they open for Kvelertak.